Means for removing olives and the like from containers



Sept. 16, 1952 H. ENDERLE ETAL' MEANS FOR REMOVING OLIVES AND THE LIKE FROM CONTAINERS Filed Sept. 20, 1949 Attorney Patented Sept. 16, 1952 olives and the like .from icontainers -A; prime object of our invention i a household device having a hook-portion. at

end and ring portionat the other, for' facilitating the removal of -ol ives,-; pickles, fruit, meat and the like from containers, particularly fromcontainers having small openings in which the fruit, pickles or olivesare tightly packed. I t

A further importantobject of our invention is the provision of hook means and complementary ring means used respectively for lancing non-floating objects tightly'packed in a jar hair'- ing tr edppemns. nd le san lifting floatable objects by alternately bringing into play either the said-hook; portionor, the said ring por iqn b simpl r t t thsjb y of the device comprising our invention within an ambit of substantially 180 in order to aiford uninterrupted removal operation.

A iurtherobject of ourinvention. is to provide a kitchen utensil of the abovejidescribeid'icharacter, either end of which may serve as a handle while manipulating pickles, olives, fruit and the like with the other end, or the utensil may be grasped midway by the fingers and quickly reversed from time to time while moving such edibles as mixed pickles wherein the hook and the ring would alternately be brought into use.

A still further object of our invention provides a means for removing olives and the like from containers, the ring end of which would serve as a strainer for removing small fruits or olives from the liquid of a container into a dish.

A further object of our invention is to provide means for removing olives and the like from containers that is of extremely simple design'and which may be economically produced in quantity.

Other objects and advantages embraced in our invention will be disclosed in the following description and'the accompanying illustrations, wherein like parts are designated by like numerals and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of our invention wherein the fingers of a hand are shown rasping the ring portion and manipulating a pickle from a small mouthed jar with the hook end portion.

Fig. 2- is a perspective view of our invention shown being grasped bythe fingers midway between hook and ring and susceptible of being reversed as shown by dotted lines to bring both hook and ring into use alternately.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of our invention wherein the ring end thereof is shown bein used MEANs'Fon' itEMovmGoLIvEs AND .1- 1:,LIKE FROM ooNTAmEns Japan-visa. I izcmlcflagmm; sat 20, 1949-, SerialNo. (o1.

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Fig.4 is a perspective view of ourjirivention, with the hookend thereof being used to manipu- Referring to the illustrations; our invention s; generallydesignated 5 and consists of a straight wire body portion 6 approximately six inches in, length'and preferably made of stainless steel,

One end of body 6 1s formed into a ring portion 1, the plane of whichis in approximately a 75 angular relationship with the straight body portion 6.,' f

The said ring portion .1 would be ofa" diameter. large enough to enable a finger to be inserted therein or tovhold an olive or small fruit fric tionally.. v, Fig. 1 illustrates one of the main uses ofour; invention which is. being grasped by finger-'9. through ring 1, while the hook end 8 is usedt'o manipulate a pickle II, from a small. mouth d;v jar. I I Fig. 2 illustrates still'another use for curinvention, wherein the body portion 6 thereof is shown being grasped by the fingers l0 and alternately removing small round pickles and olives l2 with the ring portion 1 and pickles Ii with the hook portion 8 by quickly reversing the utensil 5 as shown by arrows l8 and the reversing operation being shown in dotted lines. Thus, it is possible to remove a variety of sizes and shapes of edibles from containers I9 with the same utensil, by alternately using both ends thereof. Fig. 2 also shows the utensil 5 hanging from the mouth of the container I9 when not in use.

Fig. 3 illustrates still a further use for our invention, wherein the ring portion 1 is being used as a strainer to quickly remove a number of small fruits or olives [3 from a container l4 into a dish l5, when it is desirable to remove the said olives or fruit without the liquid.

Fig. 4 illustrates a further use for our invention, wherein the hook end 8 thereof is shown manipulating a portion of meat [6 in a frying pan l1.

A principal advantage of our invention resides in its versatility of uses, wherein the ring and hook portions may be brought into use quickly in the same operation to remove various sizes and shapes of edibles from containers merely-by twirling or reversing the utensil when grasped by the fingers upon its body portion.

Furthermore, both ends of our invention serve simultaneously as both hook and handle.

Considering the illustrationdesignated Fig. 2

a jar shows olives and pickles tightly packed. As indicated on the said figure, after some of the pickles had been removed by the hook portion 8 of the instrument shown in lancing position in phantom lines, any olives released to float upon the surface of the brine solution must necessarily helifted by the.,ring,portion I'L the samesbeingrcadily? accomplished by rotating; the instrument! from the phantom line position to the full line position approximately an angle of 180. It should also be noted that the hoolr ing buoyancy to the said floatable elements when "released from their compact assemblage, comand ring portions 01 the instrumentare in:trans-'*= 11 at. one terminus of the said body portion, and a verse relationship to the body 6 and also 'diago'anally opposed to afford the greatest efllciency for the purposes for which the instrument S'is pur portedly to be used.

Although our invention hasbeen described, the;

terms used are to be deemed terms of descrip:

tion rather than terms oi, limitation, our inten-' tion being to retain the right to all mechanical equivalents" ofthe stmcturalt'elements depicted; provided they fall within the purviewof the appehded'claimsv I v Having thusdisclosed and-revealed our-inven= tion. what we claim as new-anddesire-tb secure' 3!", Ett'ers-Patent is? '1. Means for removing'floa-tabl'e elements-andnon-floating; elementsandth'elike from con tainers inwhich boththesaid floatable elements and the said nonflo'ating" elements" are' comp actlypackedandconfined in a solution affordingbuoya-ncy to'thesaid'floatable elementswhenreleased, from their compact, assemblage; com prising' abodypprtion, a hook portion: at" one. terminus of the saidbodyportion, and a ring. portion'at-the other terminus of'th esaidibo'dy portion, the said hook, portion and the. saidring portion beinaiutilized alternately but continuously as, conditions; require for; lancing andfflremoval of the said non-fioatingelementsjand:for

first'loosening with the said hook p0ltlOi'l.p lr-,- paratory to, removal withithe saiduring portion pn'singfabody-portion, a pointed hook portion n portionvat, the other terminus of the said .bojdyportion, the said pointed hook portion and thesaid ring portion being utilized alternately "butcontinhouslyras conditions require for lancing andaremoval of the said non-floating elements andfor first loosening with the said pointed hook portion preparatory to removal with the said ringportion tljesaid floatable elements which when released*-from-"compact assemblage have become-floating elementsan'd for; removal of the said", floating-elements from the' said ebht'aiiieh mmnnnnnnpnr I JQSEPI-l F. VQJAII.

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